Microscopy Applied to Materials Sciences and Life Sciences - Apple Academic Pres
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Edited by
Sabu Thomas, PhD
Ajay Vasudeo Rane, MTech
Nandakumar Kalarikkal, PhD
Krishnan Kanny, PhD
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Contributors ................................................................................................xiii
Abbreviations .............................................................................................. xix
Preface ...................................................................................................... xxiii
PART I: Materials Sciences ......................................................................1
1. Scanning Electron Microscopy as a Powerful Morphological
Characterization Technique for Polymer Blends and
Polymer Nanocomposites ...............................................................................3
Saju Daniel and Sabu Thomas
2. Atomic Force Microscopy: Principles and Applications in
Polymer Composites .....................................................................................35
Abitha V. K., Ajay Vasudeo Rane, and Sabu Thomas
3. Barium Strontium Titanate: Preparation, Dielectric,
Ferroelectric, and Microscopic Studies .......................................................57
Anuradha Kumari, Saumya Shalu, and Barnali Dasgupta Ghosh
4. Preparation and Characterization of Copper Thin Films for
Antimicrobial Applications ..........................................................................91
Udaya Bhat K., Arun Augustin, Suma Bhat, and Udupa K. R.
5. Fabrication, Scanning Electron Microscopic, and Electrochemical
Studies of Nickel Hydroxide Battery Electrodes Modified
with Zinc Oxide ...........................................................................................133
B. J. Madhu
6. Comparative Spectroscopic Study of Polyindole/Poly(Vinyl Acetate)
Composites ...................................................................................................147
Deepak J. Bhagat and Gopal R. Dhokane
7. Welding of Alloy C-276 ...............................................................................167
Manikandan M., Arivazhagan N., and Nageswara Rao M.
8. Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Sensors .............................................191
Raj Kumar Gupta, Devanarayanan V. P., and V. Manjuladevi
9. Design Issues in High Strain Rate Dynamic Compressive
Failure of Structural Ceramics, Polymers, and Composites ...................207
Saikat Acharya, K. S. Ghosh, D. K. Mondal, and A. K. Mukhopadhyay
10. Applications of Electron Backscatter Diffraction in
Materials Science ........................................................................................227
Ravi Chandra Gundakaram
11. Light Microscopy in Studying of Formation and
Decomposition of Wood ..............................................................................257
Galina F. Antonova and Victoria V. Stasova
12. Microstructural Analysis of Polymer Blends, Composites,
and Nanocomposites ...................................................................................275
M. Fathima Rigana, Simi Annie Tharakan, P. Thirukumaran, A. Shakila Parveen,
R. Balasubramanian, S. Balaji, C. P. Sakthi Dharan, and M. Sarojadevi
13. Graphene-Modified Carbon Microsurfaces in
Voltammetric Sensing Applications ...........................................................303
Gururaj Kudur Jayaprakash, Bananakere Nanjegowda Chandrashekar, and
Bahaddurghatta Eshwaraswamy Kumara Swamy
PART II: Life Sciences .......................................................................... 317
14. Functionalized Nanomaterials for Biological and
Catalytic Applications .................................................................................319
K. Anand, R. M. Gengan, and A. A. Chuturgoon
15. Removal of Organic Cancer Carcinogens from Wastewater
Using Green Synthesis Nanoparticles .......................................................341
K. Anand, K. G. Moodley, and A. A. Chuturgoon
16. Assessing Adipose Tissue Engineering In Vitro and In Vivo:
A Microscopic Approach ............................................................................355
Balu Venugopal, Francis B. F., Susan Mani, Harikrishnan V. S., Varma H. K., and
Annie John
17. The Contribution of Light Microscopy to Study Male
Reprotoxicity of Cadmium .........................................................................379
Maria de Lourdes Pereira, Jos¨¦ Coelho, Renata Tavares, Henrique M. A. C. Fonseca,
Virg¨ªlia Silva, Paula P. Gonçalves, and Fernando Garcia e Costa
18. Microscopy Assessment of Emerging Contaminants¡¯
Effects on Aquatic Species ..........................................................................397
Ângela Barreto, Ana Violeta Girão, Maria de Lourdes Pereira, Tito Trindade,
Amadeu Mort¨¢gua Velho da Maia Soares, and Miguel Oliveira
19. Chromium: The Intriguing Element. The Biological Role
Cr(III)-Tris-Picolinate: Is It Safe or Not? .................................................427
Teresa Margarida dos Santos, Manuel Ferreira, and Maria de Lourdes Pereira
20. Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater: A Case Study on
Degradation in Electrochemical Oxidation ..............................................461
Saptarshi Gupta, Leichombam Menan, and Srimanta Ray
Index ..............................................................................................................493
